Take for example the following verse:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. (John 1:1 NWT)This is from the Jehovah Witness's bible version called the New World Translation (NWT).
The King James Bible says:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1 KJB)As we can see, the simple addition of a single letter not only replaces monotheism with polytheism, it reduces Jesus (the Word) to "a god" among many gods and changes the understanding of all scripture.
Another example of this is in Daniel 3;24-25, notice the phrase "a son of the gods".
King Nebuchadnezzar then became frightened and quickly rose up and said to his high officials: “Did we not tie up three men and throw them into the fire?” They answered the king: “Yes, O king.” He said: “Look! I see four men walking about free in the midst of the fire, and they are unharmed, and the fourth one looks like a son of the gods.” (Daniel 3:24-25 NWT)The King James Bible says:
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. (Daniel 3:24-25 KJB)We see how in the King James Bible, it is THE Son of God (singular), meaning that Jesus was in the furnace with the three faithful men. Again the New World Translation has reduced Jesus one of many gods.
This is the same lie we find from the very beginning when we see Satan lying to Eve saying "ye shall be as gods".
for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. (Genesis 3:5 KJB)The NWT has hidden the warning about Satan's lie about many "gods" by changing this verse to:
For God knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad. (Genesis 3:5 NWT)Notice that the warning against man becoming one of the gods is replaced with "you will be like God", which was already true and hardly a temptation because they were already "like" God, made in His image and likeness (Gen 1:26-27). Also, after the resurrection we will be "like Jesus" (1 John 3:2). This is Satan changing the truth of God into a lie (Romans 1:25).
Most people would agree that the NWT is the corrupted bible of a cult. However these corruptions of scripture are not limited to the NWT.
New International Version (NIV)
He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods."
English Standard Version (ESV)
He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
He said, "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!"
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
He exclaimed, "Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed; and the fourth looks like a son of the gods."
Amplified Bible (AMP)
He answered, “Look! I see four men untied, walking around in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!”
The Message (MSG)
“But look!” he said. “I see four men, walking around freely in the fire, completely unharmed! And the fourth man looks like a son of the gods!”
As we can see in the sample list below that the new age translations are promoting many gods and attack the deity of Christ while at the same time suppress the warning about Satan's lie in Genesis 3:5
“But look!” he said. “I see four men, walking around freely in the fire, completely unharmed! And the fourth man looks like a son of the gods!”
As we can see in the sample list below that the new age translations are promoting many gods and attack the deity of Christ while at the same time suppress the warning about Satan's lie in Genesis 3:5
| Version | Daniel 3:25 | Genesis 3:5 |
| American Standard Version (ASV) | a son of the gods | as God |
| Amplified Bible (AMP) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Amplified Bible Classic Edition (AMPC) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Common English Bible (CEB) | one of the gods | like God |
| Complete Jewish Bible (CJB) | one of the gods | like God |
| English Revised Version (ERV) | a son of the gods | as God |
| English Standard Version (ESV) | a son of the gods | like God |
| English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Expanded Bible (EXB) | a son of the gods | like God |
| GOD’S WORD Translation (GW) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) | a son of the gods | like God |
| International Children’s Bible (ICB) | a son of the gods | like God |
| JPS Tanakh 1917 | a son of the gods | as God |
| New American Standard 1977 (NAS) | a son of the gods | like God |
| New American Standard Bible (NASB) | a son of the gods | like God |
| New Century Version (NCV) | a son of the gods | like God |
| New Heart English Bible | a son of the gods | like God |
| New International Reader's Version (NIRV) | a son of the gods | Like God |
| New International Version (NIV) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Revised Standard Version (RSV) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE) | a son of the gods | like God |
| The Message (MSG) | a son of the gods | like God |
| The Voice (VOICE) | a son of the gods | like Him |
| Tree of Life Version (TLV) | a son of the gods | like God |
| World English Bible (WEB) | a son of the gods | like God |
| Young's Literal Translation (YLT) | a son of the gods | as God |
They all have the same corruptions because they all are very skilled translations from the same corrupted critical text.
All bibles do not say the same thing. Which one contains God's words?
All bibles do not say the same thing. Which one contains God's words?
These other bibles are the uncertain sound of hirelings and the voice of the stranger. Stay with the voice of the Good Shepherd and His true words.
Deut 13:1-4 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deut 28:36 The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
This is just one of many scriptural divergences in the modern Bibles compared to the King James Bible.
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